Child Mortality Rate
This key economic indicator for the Child Health sector has been recently updated.
- Cameroon jumped by 0.1% of Child Mortality Rate in 2019, from a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Cameroon Child Mortality Rate was down by 1.3% year on year at 32.05 Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Children Aged 5-14.
- In 2019 Mali was number 5 in Child Mortality Rate.
- In 2019 Syria was ranked number 23 in Child Mortality Rate close to 13.68 Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Children Aged 5-14, compared to 35 in 2018.
Top Countries in Child Mortality Rate
Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Children Aged 5-14 - 1950 to 2019
# | 194 Countries | Units (Deaths) Per Thousand Children Aged 5-14 | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
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1 |
#1
Niger
| 37 | 2019 | -2.1 % | -2.6 % | View data |
2 |
#2
Cameroon
| 32 | 2019 | +0.1 % | -1.3 % | View data |
3 |
#3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
| 28 | 2019 | -0.8 % | -1.8 % | View data |
4 |
#4
Chad
| 27 | 2019 | -2.1 % | -2.4 % | View data |
5 |
#5
Mali
| 25 | 2019 | -1.4 % | -1.8 % | View data |
6 |
#6
Ivory Coast
| 25 | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.9 % | View data |
7 |
#7
Somalia
| 24 | 2019 | -2.1 % | -2.9 % | View data |
8 |
#8
Burundi
| 22 | 2019 | -5.7 % | -2.2 % | View data |
9 |
#9
Benin
| 21 | 2019 | -2.6 % | -2.6 % | View data |
10 |
#10
Guinea
| 21 | 2019 | -3.1 % | -2.9 % | View data |
11 |
#11
Togo
| 20 | 2019 | -2.1 % | -2.5 % | View data |
12 |
#12
Sierra Leone
| 20 | 2019 | -5.4 % | -4.8 % | View data |
13 |
#13
South Sudan
| 19 | 2019 | -3.8 % | -1.1 % | View data |
14 |
#14
Burkina Faso
| 19 | 2019 | -3.6 % | -3.3 % | View data |
15 |
#15
Nigeria
| 19 | 2019 | -3.0 % | -3.0 % | View data |
16 |
#16
Equatorial Guinea
| 17 | 2019 | -3.4 % | -3.2 % | View data |
17 |
#17
Liberia
| 16 | 2019 | -3.3 % | -3.2 % | View data |
18 |
#18
Mozambique
| 16 | 2019 | -5.5 % | -3.7 % | View data |
19 |
#19
Guinea-Bissau
| 16 | 2019 | -4.3 % | -3.8 % | View data |
20 |
#20
Angola
| 15 | 2019 | -6.6 % | -4.7 % | View data |
Source: World Health Organization